UN resumes humanitarian flights in Afghanistan

 

 The United Nations has resumed humanitarian flights to northern and southern Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, a UN spokesman said Thursday. The UN Humanitarian Air Service is now operating flights “to enable 160 humanitarian organizations to continue their life-saving activities in Afghanistan’s provinces,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

The flights link the Pakistani capital Islamabad with the city Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and with Kandahar in the south. Three flights have already landed in Mazar-i-Sharif since August 29.

Dujarric said that efforts are being made to launch more flights and to more destinations. He added that officials were working to establish a cargo air bridge to transport non-food items, such as medical and other emergency supplies.

 

 

 

Source: VOV5

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